About Marsha
Marsha Kerr is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people who are stressed, anxious, or facing depression. She focuses on the person in front of her and what they want to change. Conversations are collaborative and practical, aimed at making life feel more manageable day to day.
Her style centers on listening first. She helps clients sort out goals when they feel unsure. Sessions often include straightforward tools for coping, building self-esteem, and handling grief or relationship strain.
Background and approach
Marsha trained in clinical social work at New York University and has spent much of her career working with underserved and disenfranchised populations. She also supports adults seeking more purpose, contentment, and daily satisfaction in their lives. Her work draws on several therapeutic approaches, including client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral ideas, and mindfulness practices.
She favors techniques that people can use between sessions to manage symptoms and build resilience. Clients often address issues such as trauma, compassion fatigue, bipolar mood concerns, life transitions, and identity matters related to LGBT concerns. She also helps with aging and geriatric issues, codependency, and communication problems when those come up in individual work.
How therapeutic approaches fit into online counseling
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding the person's experience and offering empathic, nonjudgmental support. It helps when someone needs a space to be heard and to figure out goals that feel right for them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It offers practical exercises to reduce anxiety, shift unhelpful thinking, and change patterns that keep problems going.
Mindfulness-based methods teach simple attention and breathing practices to calm the mind and reduce reactivity. These skills are useful for managing stress, grief, and day-to-day anxiety.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals, preferences, and the issues at hand. Plans can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy here is offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversational work, while phone calls can be easier if bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
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What this therapist works with
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- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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